fratricidium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From frāter (“brother”) + -cīdium.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fraː.triˈkiː.di.um/, [fräːt̪rɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fra.triˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [frät̪riˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]
Noun
[edit]frātricīdium n (genitive frātricīdiī or frātricīdī); second declension
- fratricide (the murder of one's brother)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frātricīdium | frātricīdia |
| genitive | frātricīdiī frātricīdī1 |
frātricīdiōrum |
| dative | frātricīdiō | frātricīdiīs |
| accusative | frātricīdium | frātricīdia |
| ablative | frātricīdiō | frātricīdiīs |
| vocative | frātricīdium | frātricīdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fratricidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fratricidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.